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Prefixes, Root Words, Suffixes. How can prefixes and suffixes change a root word?. They can change its meaning. A ROOT Word is the original word without a prefix or suffix. Example: Un friend ly Friend is the root word. Prefixes come at the beginning and Suffixes come at the end.
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A ROOT Word is the original word without a prefix or suffix.
Example: Unfriendly Friend is the root word.
Prefixes come at the beginning and Suffixes come at the end. Un friend ly
UN- DIS- RE- IN-
What does UN- mean? “NOT”
Unhappy “NOT happy”
Ungrateful “NOT grateful”
Unfriendly “NOT friendly”
Look at the following DIS- words and determine their meaning.
Disrespectful “NOT respectful”
Disable “NOT able”
What does RE- mean? “DO AGAIN”
Review “view something again”
Rewind “wind something again”
Replay “Play again”
-ous -tion -ly
What does –TION mean? “The act of”
“The act of getting an education” For example,Education
“The act of inspecting something” For example,Inspection
“The act of pronouncing something” For example,Pronuncation
For example: Spacious means full of space
For example: Gracious means full of grace
-ly makes the word mean the same thing, just changes a word into an adverb.
For example: She was HAPPY. Or She walked HAPPILY into the room.
Look at the following words. Identify the prefix, suffix, or root word.
ROOT WORD Unfriendly
SUFFIX HAPPILY
PREFIX UNKIND
ROOT WORD GRACEFULLY
ROOT WORD DISRESPECTFUL
ROOT WORD UNHAPPILY HAPPY